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Believers Hymn Book · No. 122 · Words: James George Deck · Tune: Deerhurst
Lamb of God! our souls adore Thee
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written in 1841 by Plymouth Brethren poet James George Deck, this hymn meditates on Christ as the Lamb of God — adoring his pre-incarnate glory with the Father, his humbling incarnation, and his sacrificial death for humanity.
Verse 1
Lamb of God! our souls adore Thee
While upon Thy face we gaze;
There the Father's love and glory
Shine in all their brightest rays.
Thine almighty power and wisdom
All creation's works proclaim;
Heaven and earth alike confess Thee
As the ever great I AM.
Verse 2
Lamb of God! Thy Father's bosom
Ever was Thy dwelling-place;
His delight, in Him rejoicing,
One with Him in power and grace:
O what wondrous love and mercy!
Thou didst lay Thy glory by
And for us didst come from heaven,
As the Lamb of God, to die.
Verse 3
Lamb of God! when we behold Thee
Lowly in the manger laid;
Wand'ring as a homeless stranger
In the world Thy hands had made;
When we see Thee in the garden
In Thine agony of blood;
At Thy grace we are confounded,
Holy, spotless Lamb of God.
Verse 4
When we see Thee, as the Victim,
Bound to the accursed tree,
For our guilt and folly stricken,
All our judgment borne by Thee.
Lord, we own, with hearts adoring,
Thou hast loved us unto blood;
Glory, glory everlasting
Be to Thee, Thou Lamb of God!
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